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This series contains the constitutions of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. These include various drafts and final versions of the constitutions and directories the Sisters have developed over the years, their mission statements, as well as various translations and editions of early the constitution of the Sisters of St. Joseph by Father Jean-Pierre Médaille. Some of the material is bound while other material is loose-leaf pages. There is also the constitution from the Sisters’ mission in Peru. Along side the constitutions and directories are correspondence and a pamphlet.

This series contains the records of St. Joseph’s Manor, Windsor. St. Joseph’s Manor opened December 13, 1934, at 19 Sandwich Street East as a temporary home for children until Catholic foster homes could be found. The manor would be under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society and operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. While at the manor, children received medical and dental care, attended nearby Catholic schools, and had access to a library, a recreation and games room, and a tennis court in 1940. A Ladies’ Auxiliary was established in 1935 to raise funds for the manor. Between 1940 and 1941, ten British “child guests” (nine English and one Scottish) stayed at the manor until a social worker with the Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society could arrange foster homes. In January of 1969, the Supreme Court of Ontario Grand Jury recommended the immediate evacuation of the manor due to it not meeting the Ontario Fire Marshal’s building requirements. The children temporarily resided at a farmhouse until the Roy J. Bondy Children’s Centre opened in 1970. The banister and light fixtures of the manor were moved to the Hiram Walker Museum before St. Joseph’s Manor was demolished in 1969. Windsor is located on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which is an alliance between the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi.
The records present include annals, historical summaries, correspondence, photographs, news clippings, annual reports of the Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society for the County of Essex, and mass bulletins. The annals recount the daily activities of the Sisters in caring for the children and arranging for foster homes, holidays and celebrations, renovations and decorations to the building and chapel, and comments about world events, such as the Second World War. The annals are from St. Joseph’s Manor, as well as later foster care facilities such as 253 Belleview Avenue and 7770 St. Rose Avenue. Within the annals are medical statistics and reports from the Roman Catholic Children’s Aid Society.

Mount Saint Joseph in Hamilton, Ontario was a residence purchased by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton in 1933. The building was originally the residence of Bishop J. T. McNally. Under the supervision of Sister M. Ambrosia, the building was used as a residence for the girls from St. Mary’s Orphanage. Two years later the building was demolished and a new one erected in its place. This new building, named Mount St. Joseph Girl’s Division of St. Mary’s Orphanage, officially opened on Easter Sunday, April 12, 1936. Sisters attending Normal School and teaching t St. Vincent’s Commercial also resided there. In 1951, the boys from St. Mary’s Orphanage also resided here after the move of the Motherhouse to Bridgeview and the demolition of the old St. Mary’s Orphanage facility. It was one of the first institutions in the province to house boys and girls together, ensuring that brothers and sisters would not be separated. In 1960, Mount St. Joseph Orphanage closed, and the building became Mount St. Joseph Centre for Emotionally Disturbed Boys. In 1980, Mount St. Joseph Centre moved to 69 Flatt Street, Burlington. The name was changed to Woodview Children’s Centre. The Sisters were not involved with the centre once it moved. Martin’s Manor, a home for unwed mothers, temporarily operated out of the building in 1980. In 1982, Chedoke-McMaster’s Cool School, an alternative education to for troubled youth and those with learning disabilities, leased two floors of the former Mount St. Joseph Centre. Other tenants included a pastoral counselling centre, St. Joseph Hospital Foundation, a bereavement group sponsored by the Sisters, Moeller and Hassell Architect and Engineer, and Martin-Stewart Contracting. In 1986 and 1987, Latin American Refugee families were housed here. The property was sold in 2005.
Hamilton is located on the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. The land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant and the Between the Lakes Purchase of 1792.

This series contains historical summaries, house meeting minutes, news clippings, photographs, and the annals from Mount St. Joseph in Hamilton, Ontario. The annals recount the uses and activities at Mount St. Joseph, the activities of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, and historical events in Hamilton, Canada, and beyond.

This series consists of itemized financial reports of income and expenses from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton living at 152 Dufferin Avenue Brantford. Brantford, Ontario is located on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg and is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and adjacent to Haldiman Treaty territory.

This series contains the annals and photographs from the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario's community house at 44 Crosthwaite Avenue, Hamilton. The records document the ministries and social activities of the Sisters who lived here. These community houses were created so Sisters could experience community living. The Sisters purchased this house in 1992 and left in 2003.

This series contains annals and correspondence related to the community house at 233 Charlton Ave. W., Hamilton of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario. This was a house where Sisters who were leaving Martha House, another residence, lived. The Sisters leased this house in 1988. The records present document the Sisters' studies and ministries in health care and social services. There is also correspondence about the lease.

This series contains the annals by Sister Christina Straus of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario's ministry while living in Elmira, Ontario. There is also a news clipping, a history of St. Theresa of Avilia Church, and a list of benefactors to the church. Sister Christina Straus came to Elmira, Ontario in 1999. From 1996 to 2007 she served as Parish Minister at St. Teresa’s Parish in Elmira, Ontario. While there, she did parish work and did house visits. After which she moved to St. Joseph’s Motherhouse, Hamilton to continue her Prayer Ministry and her rug hooking.

Elmira is part of Woolwich Township which is located on the traditional territory of the Chononton (also called Attawandaron), Anishnaabe, and Haudenosaunee People.

49 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton was a community house of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario. The Sisters moved in in 1976 and were primarily involved in health care, education, and pastoral ministry in Hamilton and the surrounding area. The Sisters left in 2001. This series contains the annals documenting the ministries and social activities of the Sisters of St. Joseph who lived here. There is also correspondence, house meeting minutes, records from a workshop about keeping annals, and photographs. There are also annals from the Brantford community of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton.

The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Hamilton, Ontario ministered in Guelph, Ontario since they founded St. Joseph’s Hospital in Guelph in 1861. This mission house at 82 Oxford Street, Guelph was operated from 1977 to 1989. This series contains the records of this mission house, including annals, a list of Sisters who lived here, and photograph albums. Guelph is situated on the traditional lands of the Attiwonderonk and the Haudenosaunee. It is part of the treaty lands and territory with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, adjacent to the Haldimand Tract, and is part of traditional hunting ground of the Six Nations of the Grand River.